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FFBC vs. SSB, CBSH, WBS, PNFP, CFR, WAL, WTFC, UMBF, ZION, and PB

Should you be buying First Financial Bancorp. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Financial Bancorp. include SouthState (SSB), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Webster Financial (WBS), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), UMB Financial (UMBF), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), and Prosperity Bancshares (PB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

First Financial Bancorp. vs.

SouthState (NASDAQ:SSB) and First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and community ranking.

In the previous week, SouthState had 7 more articles in the media than First Financial Bancorp.. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for SouthState and 4 mentions for First Financial Bancorp.. First Financial Bancorp.'s average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat SouthState's score of 1.04 indicating that First Financial Bancorp. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SouthState
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Financial Bancorp.
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

SouthState received 230 more outperform votes than First Financial Bancorp. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.81% of users gave SouthState an outperform vote while only 46.37% of users gave First Financial Bancorp. an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SouthStateOutperform Votes
505
61.81%
Underperform Votes
312
38.19%
First Financial Bancorp.Outperform Votes
275
46.37%
Underperform Votes
318
53.63%

SouthState pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. SouthState pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SouthState has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

SouthState has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Bancorp.. First Financial Bancorp. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SouthState, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SouthState$1.67B5.16$534.78M$6.9612.19
First Financial Bancorp.$835.58M2.59$228.83M$2.409.44

SouthState currently has a consensus price target of $117.90, indicating a potential upside of 39.00%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus price target of $31.67, indicating a potential upside of 39.81%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Financial Bancorp. is more favorable than SouthState.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SouthState
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
First Financial Bancorp.
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

89.8% of SouthState shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of SouthState shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

SouthState has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

SouthState has a net margin of 22.38% compared to First Financial Bancorp.'s net margin of 18.67%. First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity of 10.52% beat SouthState's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SouthState22.38% 9.62% 1.21%
First Financial Bancorp. 18.67%10.52%1.38%

Summary

SouthState beats First Financial Bancorp. on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FFBC vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Financial Bancorp.National commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.14B$20.62B$10.82B$7.35B
Dividend Yield4.27%3.89%5.99%4.31%
P/E Ratio9.4411.7921.6717.77
Price / Sales2.592.6225.4397.65
Price / Cash10.1311.1617.6134.64
Price / Book0.891.092.563.98
Net Income$228.83M$2.17B$1.03B$247.44M
7 Day Performance2.72%3.96%1.87%1.82%
1 Month Performance-9.04%-4.29%-3.71%-6.98%
1 Year Performance7.55%15.71%535.22%1.49%

First Financial Bancorp. Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.8834 of 5 stars
$22.65
+1.1%
$31.67
+39.8%
+8.6%$2.14B$835.58M9.442,110Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
High Trading Volume
SSB
SouthState
4.5256 of 5 stars
$82.95
+1.8%
$117.90
+42.1%
+11.6%$8.41B$1.67B11.925,030Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
CBSH
Commerce Bancshares
3.887 of 5 stars
$58.40
+2.7%
$65.17
+11.6%
+12.9%$7.83B$1.66B14.564,590Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9964 of 5 stars
$43.41
+2.5%
$61.92
+42.6%
-0.7%$7.44B$2.58B9.933,240Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.8514 of 5 stars
$92.20
+2.4%
$124.70
+35.2%
+21.4%$7.13B$1.52B15.423,240Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
CFR
Cullen/Frost Bankers
4.6533 of 5 stars
$110.01
+2.1%
$132.57
+20.5%
+4.0%$7.07B$2.06B12.404,980Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
4.9971 of 5 stars
$63.83
+1.0%
$96.40
+51.0%
+19.3%$7.05B$3.16B8.993,360Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.8313 of 5 stars
$101.00
+2.4%
$132.38
+31.1%
+8.0%$6.76B$2.45B9.805,280Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
UMBF
UMB Financial
4.9506 of 5 stars
$88.74
+2.7%
$124.57
+40.4%
+14.9%$6.45B$1.47B9.873,770Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, National Association
4.9463 of 5 stars
$42.90
+2.1%
$61.81
+44.1%
+12.5%$6.33B$3.13B8.679,990Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
PB
Prosperity Bancshares
4.9921 of 5 stars
$65.65
+1.3%
$83.35
+27.0%
+10.7%$6.25B$1.15B12.973,630Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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